Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - CIE

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - CIE BUILDING THE FUTURE OF CRYPTO Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. What makes us different? Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world. Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture https://www.kraken.com/culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/226090548-How-to-create-an-account-on-Kraken. As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/security-at-kraken, crypto education https://blog.kraken.com/category/crypto-education, and world-class client support https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/support-at-kraken through our products like Kraken Pro https://pro.kraken.com/, Desktop https://www.kraken.com/desktop, Wallet https://www.kraken.com/wallet, and Kraken Futures https://www.kraken.com/features/futures. Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto! PROOF OF WORK THE TEAM This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in LATAM. Our Engineering team is having a blast while delivering the most sophisticated crypto-trading platform out there. Help us continue to define and lead the industry. As part of Kraken's Core Infrastructure Team, you will work within a world-class team of engineers building and maintaining Kraken's infrastructure. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be keeping one of the fastest growing companies in the world up and available in a 24/7 environment. You will bring your own technical expertise to monitor and support staging and production environments, build tooling, CI/CD pipelines, deployment specifications and generally automate internal processes to empower developers and improve team efficiency. THE OPPORTUNITY - Own and operate Kraken’s Core Infrastructure Platform, supporting a highly resilient, low-latency, distributed exchange environment across on-prem and cloud. - Deliver, monitor, and support staging and production systems in a 24/7 environment. - Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability and availability of mission-critical systems. - Design, build, and maintain infrastructure tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and self-service platforms to improve developer velocity and autonomy. - Lead migrations across cloud and on-prem environments and drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). - Manage container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad) and service deployments. - Implement infrastructure security best practices to ensure availability, integrity, and compliance. - Operate and optimize distributed systems (Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, MariaDB) and ingress infrastructure (proxies, CDNs), troubleshooting performance and reliability issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams. SKILLS YOU SHOULD HODL - 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or backend infrastructure engineering roles. - 3+ years programming in Rust, Golang, or Python. - Strong expertise in AWS and cloud infrastructure architecture. - Deep experience with Docker and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes or Nomad). - Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and related tooling (e.g., Vault, Consul, Salt). - Strong monitoring and obs ... (truncated, view full listing at source)